Job Description

Fresno Surgical Hospital is an extraordinary hospital created entirely to deliver excellence and quality in surgical care to each patient. Our unique facility and staff provide a hospitality- inspired, healing environment unlike anything experienced in a traditional hospital. Our commitment to innovation, shared values, and excellence can be reflected in exceptional satisfaction scores from patients, physicians, and staff.

Job Summary:

Interprets physician prescriptions and medication orders. Acts as a drug information resource to patients, medical staff, nursing staff and ancilary department personnel. Compounds and dispenses prescribed medications and other pharmaceuticals for patient care by performing the related duties.

Required Skills:

Reasonable Accommodation:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising patient care.

Required Skills:

• Ability to define problems, collects data, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to maintain collaborative working relationships to ensure a positive and productive work environment.
• Ability to plan and prioritize work with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to provide exceptional customer service.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge and proficiency of hospital information technology applications.

Required Experience:

Essential Functions:

Pharmacist Communication and Education.

• Answers questions and provides information to physicians, nurses, patients and other healthcare professionals on the appropriate use of medications, drug interactions, side effects, dosage, storage, etc.
• Reviews communications and completes department education.
• Maintains established policy & procedures, and SOPs concerning medication quality control, security of controlled substances and disposal of hazardous waste.

Compounding and USP797 Compliance.

• Compounds or verifies medications using master formulas, SOPs, protocols, and processes, in conjunction with USP 797 guidelines.
• Ensures that CSPs are properly packaged, labeled, stored, and with proper documented BUD.

Pharmacist Function

• Reviews and documents tech puled meds prior to delivery to patient care areas to ascertain that the correct drug, dating, dosage form, and strength is properly dispensed.
• Ensures the maintenance and proper operation of equipment and supplies in the work areas.
• Enters and/or verifies data entry into the computer system (Pharmacy program) for prescribed medications and maintains patient profiles.
• Monitors al posting onto the patient profiles in order that accuracy, drug alergies, drug interactions, duplicate therapy, rational drug therapy may be realized to provide medications safely to our patients.
• Assures work environment that optimizes patient safety.
• Supervises and directs pharmacy technicians as needed as required.
• Other duties as assigned

Education & Work Experience:

• Doctorate of Pharmacy degree or Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent.
• Graduated from an accredited School of Pharmacy.
• One year of hospital/retail pharmacy practice preferred.